MAYOR DAN KEMP AND 11 OF THE 12 HOPKINSVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE ADMINISTERED THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR A NEW TERM BY DISTRICT JUDGE JIM ADAMS IN A WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON CEREMONY IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS , WITH PEGGY ROGERS EVERETT THE ONLY NEW MEMBER OF COUNCIL.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY SCOTT NOISWORTHY ARRESTED THREE PEOPLE FOR TRAFFICKING IN MARIJUANA AT WOODLAND HEIGHTS APARTMENT COMPLEX OFF THE GREENVILLE ROAD WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WITH 26-YEAR OLD JOSHUA COLWELL OF THE MACEDONIA ROAD FACING OTHER DRUG CHARGES AND A DRIVER'S LICENSE OFFENSE AND 26-YEAR OLD APRIL MCKENZIE OF LEDBETTER AND 25-YEAR OLD JONATHAN YORK OF PRINCETON ALSO CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.
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COUNTERFEIT $20 BILLS ARE NOW SURFACING OUTSIDE THE CITY OF HOPKINSVILLE, WITH REPORTS OF BOGUS BILLS ON FILE AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FROM THE PEMBROKE MINIT MART AND THE DYNO-MART ON THE GREENVILLE ROAD.
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ANOTHER REPORT AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE LISTS HOUSEHOLD ITEMS WITH A COMBINED VALUE OF ALMOST $6500 MISSING FROM A FOREST PARK BOULEVARD HOME, WITH GARNETTA LARKINS SAYING THE ITEMS WERE TAKEN EARLIER, THOUGH SHE DIDN'T NOTICE THEM MISSING UNTIL WEDNESDAY.
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THE WAL-MART AND K-MART IN HOPKINSVILLE HAVE BOTH FILED THEFT REPORTS, WITH TWO 46-INCH TELEVISIONS WITH A COMBINED VALUE OF $2645 STOLEN FROM THE WAL-MART SOMETIME WEDNESDAY AND A SUSPECT LISTED IN THE THEFT OF $120 CASH FROM K-MART LAST SUNDAY.
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THIS WEEK'S FUGITIVES FROM CRIMESTOPPERS ARE 33-YEAR OLD KERRY WAYNE BRASHER, A WHITE MALE, 5'10''/130 LBS, WHO IS WANTED FOR PROBATION VIOLATION; AND 52-YEAR OLD MICHAEL BRADLEY, A BLACK MALE, 5'10''/210 LBS, WHO IS WANTED FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT. A CASH REWARD WILL BE PAID FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST OF EITHER FUGITIVE,WITH OFFICER PAUL RAY NOTING THAT YOU NEED NOT GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOU WILL NEVER HAVE TO APPEAR IN COURT.  THE NUMBER TO CALL IS 886-TIPS.

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KENTUCKY COUNCIL ON POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION PRESIDENT BOB KING,  WHO DREW THE IRE OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT BRADY LINK FOR USING WHAT LINK SAID WERE ''OUTDATED FIGURES'' ON LOCAL STUDENTS' COLLEGE READINESS, SAYS PARENTS AND EDUCATORS NEED TO FOCUS ON THE RIGHT DATA BY ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS AND DEMANDING ANSWERS..
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SOME KEY ''PLAYERS'' IN AFGHANISTAN DISPUTE THE RECENT CLAIMS BY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND DEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT GATES THAT INSURGENTS CONTROL LESS TERRITORY AT PRESENT THAN THEY DID A YEAR AGO, WHILE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION(AIR ASSAULT) 3RD BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM COMMANDER COLONEL VIET LUONG TERMED THE EFFORTS OF HIS MEN AS ''FRAGILE AND REVERSIBLE,BUT POSITIVE'' DURING A TUESDAY PENTAGON BRIEFING. 
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THOUGH IT SOUNDS RATHER ''UNWHOLESOME'', ANIMAL COMPOSTING MAY BE THE ANSWER TO PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY OVER THE LONG HAUL, AS MENTIONED BY JUDGE/EXECTIVE STEVE TRIBBLE AND COUNTY ATTORNEY MIKE FOSTER DURING RECENT DISCUSSIONS OF THE LOSS OF GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES AS THE PRIMARY ANIMAL CARCASS REMOVAL SERVICE LOCALLY.
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